New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-18
4 TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT HITCHCOCK.


ONE OF HIS FORMER Pupils MENTIONS soME OF
HIS REcoGSIZED cHARACTr RIsrIcs.
The Rev ID. q. wylis. OF tho Knox Presbyterian
Church. In East Seventy secoadst. last night paid
,ribute to tho memory OF Preslsnt Roswell d. Hitch
COCK OF the Union Theological Seminary, in which no
said:
Another master Ia Israel has fallen He was taken rs
by a whrlwini DIR. Hitchcock Is gone lie sleeps the
shown his sovereignty. son OF Maine he sleeps In
Massachusetts New England elauis his ashes But ho
belongs 10 we'll 10 this mctropos where his le Work
was done and the whole country How difficult to
rcate tho mechanically fact ina, be Is no more On ss
speaketh speahsth Rerhaps more emily srsn
DEATH a. s and bis arm motoncss He was small OF stature
His over in his brazil VIII and nerves rather than
SWAY over men The tones Of his voice were most In
pressive IN class room pulpit AMI on she puDhc plat
Dr Hitchcock was a man OF high mental endowments
commanding position. great influence and wide popu
iarty Hs was true rhetorcian, and understood tho
OF nne compssition 70 perfection his mind was
fresh original and scintli,ated nople tnoasats he
ness and courage always carried conviction when once
h mind was made up ne was ~ ,Ss wa r was
tower strength to the Governments lie stood hrm As
a rock amid the raging bo va But while firm, bold
aud fearless he had harshness In his character He
united beautifully strcngth aud tenderness HIS heart
was full OF sweet charity. His companionBhip was
charming He had strong faith In God. lie good
Judge OF and read them inlutivey. he understood
ability He was a patient and successful worker lie
u theologla; but there was no odium theoogcum
He possessed wide synpathies. He was Christian but
not n sectarian He ecclesiastical historian,
but not an ecclesasc, on his own confession He was
known all the land a. learned cbuyoh historian
and enthusiastic teacher lie set his students on re
with his glowing thoughts Ho gave them exalted Ideas
OF the Church and of tue ingdom of Christ He had
fear as to ths Anal triumph Of tho Cross.
DIR. Hitchcock also eminent preacher, and his
ferynl. powerful will be long remembered
lie was also wen known the public platform 3ut he
IL dead. Dead did say No. not dead Such man
dies He lives: lives la his pablo addressed.
scrmons. lectures church history in the noble insu
ton for which he laDored long and ar,inouSly and
especially In the memories and Affections Of his students
IFS influence will 20 perpeuating itself from gener
alton to generation. l stepped over TO tho Union
Theological Seminary tho other evening the shades OF
night beginning to fall. sat down In his chair
That chair Is sacred thing now that room haowed
spot The place silent How missed himi The
gathering darkness gather gloom
Tonight we she'd Tho tear Christian affection
teacher friend ami guide We arc pcrplsxed- but
not In despair; east down but not destroyed" The
Church needs him. but the Church IN mperishable
Though tossed often In the storm II has never boon and
never will he shpwreckei. But tho time has come to
say farewell lie Is not dead he ia only sleeping. he
viii not back to but wa shall GO o him by and
by In the DesSed morning OF tho resurrection sha
and greet him Good friend lustrious, Christian
f..ach